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Originally Posted by Tcoat
If people want the MT they will learn to drive the MT not the other way around. If you read closely you will see that almost every single AT owner that posts in these threads has driven MT extensively in the past. They do not need an excuse to prefer the AT.
I repeat: Have you read the first two posts in this thread?
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are you sure about that? its not easy to learn manual these days since there are fewer manual cars on the road and fewer people willing to teach you because they don't want to burn up their clutch or wreck their synchros, etc. nobody in my close friends or family had an available manual car so I had to pay a driving school to learn manual. sure on an enthusiast board like this one there are probably a few other people who have a similar story, but its still a big obstacle for people trying to decide if they want the manual. these cars are still pretty new, i don't know if many people are willing to spend $15-30k on a new car to potentially find out they hate driving stick or end up immediately burning their clutch/killing the transmission (realistically i don't think beginners do that much damage as long as they drive responsibly, but that's the perception)